Sept.-Dec, 1920.] Watson : Miscellaneous Notes. 231 



York City, on March 29, 1918. [Young larvse rather common on 

 Urtica gracilis at !Mashipacong Pond, Sussex Co., N. J., July 18, 

 1917.] 



Aglais antiopa ah. hygiaea ( lUycKnriich ). 



On September 21, 1907, a colony of about seventy-five larvae were 

 collected on a Popiilus dcltoidcs which was growing in a street near 

 my home in Morrisania, New York City. The larvae were on their 

 mats of silk and about ready to moult for the fourth time. As elm 

 could be more easily procured, it was provided and the larvae, after 

 moulting, ate it readily, .\bout fifty pupae were obtained, which I 

 divided equally with Mr. Harvey Mitchell of Westwood, X. J. All 

 of the specimens from my lot, some of which emerged as late as 

 November 6, were of the typical form. From Mr. Mitchell's por- 

 tion, tw'O hygicca and six transitional specimens emerged on October 

 28. Coll. F. E. W. 



Mr. Mitchell's lot of pupae were not sent through the mails but 

 carried by him to his home in Westwood. They had been placed by 

 me in a tin box between layers of cotton and travelled, in this manner, 

 thirty-five miles by rail. All pupae were kept indoors and were not 

 subjected to any abnormal conditions. Was the jarring in transit 

 the cause which produced the aberrant specimens? I have heard this 

 explanation given but do not suggest it myself. 



Chlorippe clyton f. proserpina (Scudder). 



This form has not heretofore appeared in any of our local lists 

 although the typical form, clyton (Boisduval and Le Conte) is not un- 

 common in the vicinity of Maplewood, Essex Co., N. J- and has been 

 recorded in The Insects of New Jersey, Report of the New Jersey 

 State Museum, 1909, p. 412. The form proserpina (Scudder) is rela- 

 tively scarce and seems to be confined largely to the females. In a 

 very large bred series, in my local collection, there are only five 

 males and thirteen females. Transitional specimens occur. The 

 emergence dates average from June 15 to July 15, extremes being 

 June 14 and August 20. 



Heodes epixanthe (Boisduval and LeConte). 



[Extremely abundant in a cranberry bog near Toms River, Ocean 

 Co., N. J., July 15, 1917. Most of the specimens were old and worn, 

 but a few were freshly emerged.] 



